Full-fashioned hosiery



Nov. 23, 1937. 1` c. J. STRAHAN FULL FASHTONED HOSIERY Filed March 8,1955 ,asi

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My invention relates to an improvement in hosiery, and more particularlyto full-fashioned hosiery.

Heretofore in the manufacture of hosiery and especially offull-fashioned hosiery, it has been customary to narrow the foot portionof the stockin'g by transferring loops through the medium of narrowingfingers on the footing machine. This narrowing of the foot portion ofthe stocking, resulting in characteristic narrowing marks in the soleportion and also in the toe portion, is usually started one and a half(1l/2) inches to two (2) inches from the seam selvage or the rear-mostpoint of the stocking. This results in the foot portion of the stockingbeing narrowed (or fabric being taken out of the stocking) directlyunder the ball of the heel, developing atendency for the heel splicingto be dragged down under the counter of the shoe in order to give thewearer sufficient room in the foot of the stocking.

Additional narrowing of the foot of the stocking is commenced when thetoe portion is reached, but common practice takes too much fabric out ofthe toe. This results in the toe portion of the stocking being undulycramped, again developing a tendency for the heel splicing to be draggeddown under the counterof the shoe in order to give the wearer sufficientroom in stocking.

Both of these cases of faulty narrowing, both in the sole portion and inthe toe portion cause additional friction, a poor nt, and the quickwearing out of the toe and the heel.

Now it is the* object of my invention to provide hosiery so constructedas to supply suicient material in the heel, sole, and toe portions of astocking so as to prevent the dragging down of the heel splicing therebysecuring a better fit, and hence, better wear. A

Having now indicated in a general way nthe nature and purposeof myinvention I will prothe foot of the ceed to a description of a preferredembodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:-

Figure 1 is a detail view of a portionof the toe of a stockingconstruction according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view partly broken away of a stocking embodying thetwo points in my invention, namely, Vthe proper placing of thenarrowings in the sole portion and the proper of the narrowings in thetoe portion.

Figure 3 is a front view .partly broken away of the small and largenarrowingifingers on a footing machine.

:of untransferred loops.

The rst part of my invention starts the narrowing operation at adistance preferably in excess of two (2) inches and preferably up tothree (3) inches from the seam selvage, as shown at A' in Figure 2. Byso starting'the narrowing operation, sufficient material is left at alltimes for the ball of the heel and fabric is not taken out of the footportion of the stocking until the bottom of the arch or narrow portionof the foot is reached. v i

The second part of my invention has to do with supplying more fabricbetween the lines of narrowings in the toe as shown at B and C' inFigure 2.

By referring to Figure 3. a sketch of the narrowing bar on the footingmachine is shown with the large narrowing fingers designated as W and Zandthe small narrowing lingers designated as X and Y. These Yoperate inthe conventional manner, as will be found described, for example, inthe, second paragraph of lpage 1 of United States Patent No. 1,935,406to Lieberknecht.

By removing narrowing points between the two points F and G and betweenthe two points H and J in the large narrowing ngers W and Zrespectively, additional fabric is permitted to remain in the toeportion, the additional fabric being the amount of fabric or walescontained between the two lines D .and C in Figure 2;

'I'he number of narrowing points removed from these large narrowingfingers W and Z may vary from one up to thirty or more, but I have foundin actual practice that the removal of from five to twenty points givespreferably the best results, depending upon how much more fabric it isdesirable to put in the toe portion of the foot, for any specicconstruction.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent Ais:-

1. A diamond point toe construction for a `stocking comprising a,diamond point area of transferred loops anked on both sides by areas 2.A diamond point toe construction for a stocking comprising a diamondpoint area of transferred loops flanked on both sides by areas ofuntransferred loops and one of said untransferred loop areas beingbordered on its other side by a second transferred loop arean 3. In afull-fashioned stocking, a toe construction comprising a band ofuntransferred loops extending longitudinally and toward 'the point ofband having a substantially constant number of `the toe-envelopingsheath of the stocking, said.,

loops throughout each course thereof and being bounded on one sidebytransferred loops and on its other longitudinal side by transferredloops both sets of loops having been transferred in the same direction.

4. In a stocking, a toe portion having a, longi-y tudinally extendingband therein, said band being of substantially uniform width as measuredalong the courses thereof, and being bounded on one side by a series oftransferred loops-displaced one loop sidewise in each successive course,and said band on its other side being bounded by a series of transferredloops displaced two loops sidewise in each successive course and in thesame direction as said first-mentioned series of transferred loops. v

5. In a, stocking, a toe sheathing havingy an upper tapered portion anda tapered lower or sole portion joined thereto, said portions beingunited by an area of untransferred loops positioned intermediatethereto, a series of open work loops bounding said area of untransferredloops, on one.

side, and a diamond pointed area, forming a part of said upper portion,positioned adjoining said open-Work loops andbetween the same and themain body of said upper portion, saiddiamond pointed section having asubstantially constant number of loops throughout each course thereofexcept atits pointed tip portion, and the wales thereof running at anangle to the wales of said main body portion and to the Wales of theuntransferred loop area positioned intermediate 15 said row of open-Workloops and said sole portion.

JOSEPH C. J. STRAHAN.

